What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (99 Viewers)
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Better mileage than the original sales sticker said you’d get on day one? How’s life?
Was there a problem with the oil cooler? Mine has never been removed at 302k, as far as I know. Was yours gunked up?
I replaced my oil cooler seals recently when I was doing the head gasket @288k. It wasn’t as gross in there as I thought it would be.
In other news, today I finished mounting my Ironman 4x4 tent on the 80. Pretty happy with it, excited to get some use out of it this fall.
Swbkrn2003
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Where di you order the Heat Shield from. Mine is looking Shabby!
17167-66040 and 17168-66020 ... ~$140 for the pair, make sure to order 6 of the bolts as well 90119-A0109
@baldilocks - More as a full preventative measure since getting to it later would be a PITA. It was good getting it all cleaned out just the same. There are very small oil holes in the cooler that could get blocked off. The pressure unit took 2 days to get the wiring harness clip to release. It was rusted in tight.
Before pic
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Cooler before cleaning
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Pressure unit was basically a rust ball
@Heckraiser ... Thanks. I brought it home from one of the restaurants after 3 of us were moving it outside on a sidewalk once. We hit a crack and it started to wobble. All three of us yelled "I got it" and then it tipped over and broke the middle pane of glass on a 3 pane glass door. Now it is the beer and leftover fridge in the garage.
Got the hardware i needed from town and threw on the fan shroud will all the missing studs and nuts for the clutch to fan and clutch to water pump! noticed the fan was just brazing the lower part of the fan shroud, just one blade barely touching. Let it idle a little while and made sure all was good, ok now to test highway and see improved temps! get to next town over and some dude on a bike is pointing at me! i was like what is going on make my left look in my mirror and i see it, loads of coolant all over the roadway. Pullover on some side road to asses, friggen fan has sliced away around 6 channels in my radiator! argggg!! i guess the fan caught some weird way and went backward into my rad! tired the old pinching the channels method that ive had to do on crusiers in the past but no good as it sliced them right at the base, swapped out the fan for my old supercharged fan that luckily I still had in the trunk, threw some rilson head gasket fix in and filled it up with water, she was still pissing but a little slower and i only had 20ish KM to get home! make it 5Km and temps are around 250 so i shut it off on the highway and coast to a stop let it cool and repeat till i finally get it limped home!
Wondering what people's opinions on rad replacement is? i know land cruiser phil has a nice one but would stick OEM or try something performance-oriented for the SC? ive always just used Koyo in the past if my memory is correct!
@BILT4ME looks like a cleaning isn't necessary as ill just replace it now haha
Wondering what people's opinions on rad replacement is? i know land cruiser phil has a nice one but would stick OEM or try something performance-oriented for the SC? ive always just used Koyo in the past if my memory is correct!
@BILT4ME looks like a cleaning isn't necessary as ill just replace it now haha
Installed the back seat covers in my friends 80 , FH Group brand , center back has a zipper so could be left undone to fold the seats
You could always do a piece of channel. It’s about as basic as it comes but strong as hell.
6” tall fits nicely over the frame rails.
Wow! Those are very nice. Who makes those?
I reached out to Ron Davis a few months ago and their rad is about $1100.00 after shipping.
I’ll do this in the future but food for thought.
Guessing these guys from the post:
Yes that's them , although lower prices on AmazonGuessing these guys from the post:
Amazon product ASIN B072TCS38X about $90 for front and $100 for rear, if you scroll down and select used very good they seem to be new and save a little money
Redgrrr
I have a problem with 40s
I made about $5 In change cleaning my 80. Been a few years!
Surfside. TX. hung out at the beach before Beta makes landfall
LC4LIFE
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Poser shot prior to the club run today.
Cruising the local walmart and did I find something that genuinely shocked me.
Costs more than the dealer.
